The Official Forum - anyone seen these base shoes?

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Originally Posted by irefky

I agree, I do not like the shaggy hair coming back into style.

He is the pro but is he not way too close? I keep depth to see the entire play, it just look too close, what are your thoughts?

Oh yea, I like the shoes.

I have always maintained that you should be closer to a tag play (as this appears to be) and farther away on a force play.

Tim C. disagreed with me and told everyone to disregard what I said (perhaps because of how I worded it, mind you).

However, Jim Evans agrees with me, and words it better as well:

"Be in position to see every play. Positioning coupled with good timing produces good umpiring. The first priority for any umpire should be to acquire the most advantageous position to view the play. On some plays (e.g. tag plays), this will mean being very close. On others (e.g. force plays), it will mean striving to acquire a 90 degree angle with the throw and settling into position several feet away."

So I would say that Mr. Wolf is in just the right position based on the play he had.